Bowmore 1974 MI The Birds
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Moon-Import (MI) |
| Bottling Series | The Birds |
| Vintage | 1974 |
| Bottled Year | 1990 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
full gold
air Nose
there’s something here we don’t find in any Bowmore today—those old massage oils, ointments, camphor, but also paraffin, dried apricots, peppermint, mead, fresh hazelnuts, baklava, resinous wood ashes, mint tea, buttery caramel, old books, inks, vintage magazines… You’re right, it’s going in all sorts of directions, but the charm is immense. Long live chaos in our whiskies! (right?)
restaurant Palate
these early 1970s vintages are not always easy to pin down, as their style could vary significantly—some extending the 1960s profile, others not. Here, it’s beautifully saline, perhaps a bit fragile at 43% after all these years, but overall, it’s an unfathomably delicate maritime whisky, almost evoking the deepness of the Mariana Trench (what?). Small citrus fruits, pistachio oil, fruit peels, camphor and eucalyptus, shellfish, almost cosmetic-like smoke… You see, it’s pure lace
timer Finish
not very long, light, but stunningly elegant. An afternoon on a northern Brittany beach in the Roaring Twenties—or something along those lines
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